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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning enable learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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